[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be3 b6 {[#]} 13. Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bb5 Nb3 15. Qd1 Nxa1 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxa1 Bb7 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. f3 {0-1 (42) Tomiello,M (1969)-Parligras,M (2591) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Bb7 14. Bg5 {[#] Strongly threatening d5.} Be7 $1 ({But not} 14... Nxd4 $6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rad1 $16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 Nd4 {[#] And now ...Rxd5! would win.} 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. h3 h6 26. Bb7 a5 27. Qc7 b4 28. axb4 (28. Ne4 $5 Qh4 29. Qxa5 $14) 28... axb4 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Nc5 Qg5 31. Ne4 Qh4 32. Ng3 (32. Nc5 {keeps more tension.}) 32... Nb5 33. Qc5 Nd6 34. Bf3 b3 35. Rd1 Nc4 36. Nf5 Bxf5 (36... Rxd1+ $11 37. Bxd1 Qf6 38. Bxb3 Qxb2) 37. Qxf5 $14 Nxb2 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Bd5 Qf6 40. Qg4 (40. Qxf6 $16 gxf6 41. Bxb3) 40... g6 $132 {Black is not keeping still. The position is equal.} 41. Qe2 Kg7 42. Bxb3 Qc3 43. Bc2 Nc4 44. g3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. e4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} Nd7 11. Rad1 a6 12. d5 {The position is equal.} Bf6 {[#]} 13. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Qe7 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. a3 Rfe8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Kuta,J (2305) -Klempar, M (2250) ICCF email 2003}) 13... Bxd4 (13... e5 {looks sharper.} 14. Nde2 a5 15. Na4 g6 16. Nec3 Bg7) 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. f4 Rfe8 17. f5 Nf6 18. h3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a3 Ba6 21. Na2 {[#]} b4 $1 22. Nxb4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd7 24. Qe3 h6 25. h4 Qf8 26. Rc1 {White has compensation.} Nc5 27. Nc6 Nd7 28. b4 h5 29. Ra1 Nb8 30. Na5 Nd7 31. Bf1 Rxa5 32. bxa5 {Hoping for Bb5.} Ra8 $1 33. a6 Nc5 34. Be2 Nxa6 35. Bxh5 Nc5 36. Rb1 Ra4 37. Rb4 Rxb4 (37... Qa8 $1 $11 38. Rxa4 Qxa4) 38. axb4 $16 Nd7 39. Qa7 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Qd8 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Be2 Nf6 42. Kf3 g6 43. fxg6 Qc8 (43... fxg6 $14 44. Ke3 Qc8) 44. Kg2 (44. g7+ $142 $1 Kxg7 45. Kg2) 44... fxg6 45. Bf3 Qd8 {[#]} ({Better is } 45... Kg7) 46. Qe3 $1 Kg7 {[#]} 47. Qg5 ({White should try} 47. g4 $1) 47... Qe8 48. g4 Qf7 (48... Qb5 $14) 49. Qc1 Qd7 50. Kg3 (50. g5 $18 Nh7 51. Kg3) 50... Ng8 (50... Nh7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 51. g5 Kh8) 51. g5 $18 Qd8 52. Bg4 Ne7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (52... Qb8 $16 53. Qe1 Qa7) 53. Be6 (53. Qf1 $142 Qf8 54. Qf3) 53... Qf8 54. b5 Qa8 55. Qf1 (55. Qxc7 $142 Kh8 56. Qxd6 (56. Qxe7 Qa3+ 57. Kg4 Qh3+ 58. Kxh3 $11) 56... Qe8 57. b6 Qf8 58. Qxe5+ Kh7 59. Qf4 Nf5+ 60. exf5) 55... Qe8 56. Qf6+ Kh7 {[#]} 57. h5 $1 { Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 60%.} 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. Ne5 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5.} Bb7 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 c5 10. c3 e6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h3 {[#]} d4 $146 (12... a5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. d4 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. h4 Rac8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (29) Kabisch,T (2314)-Baburin,A (2458) Illertissen 2018}) 13. e4 (13. cxd4 $11 cxd4 14. Bd2) 13... dxe3 14. Bxe3 Nd5 15. Bf2 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxf3 ({Black should try} 18... Bd5 $15) 19. Bxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Nc6 20. d4 cxd4 {[#] And now ...d3 would win.} 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qxc6 $1 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Re4 Ke8 27. Ke2 Bf8 28. Be3 Bc5 29. Bg5 Be7 30. Be3 Bc5 31. Bg5 Be7 32. Be3 Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qh5 8. h3 Qg6 9. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. exd3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nbd7 14. d4 Nb6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. b3 Rd7 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 {0-1 (38) Ashutosh,K (1978) -Gareyev,T (2592) Bangkog 2018}) 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Na6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. g4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Kg2 h6 25. b3 Kf8 26. h4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 { Endgame KB-KB} 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf3 b6 31. Ke4 Bb4 32. d4 Bd2 33. h5 Bc1 34. Kf3 Bd2 35. Ke4 Bc1 36. Kf3 Bd2 37. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,118,14,17,14,15,46,-6,15,36,14,-6,16,-16,20,-4,17,26,20,36,31,-4,16, 13,-4,-10,-6,-8,-10,-18,-21,-19,-7,-29,-21,-23,-23,-29,-28,-19,17,13,14,14,-5, -20,-17,-16,-12,-9,-12,-17,-26,-31,-8,0,-2,-13,0,15,-2,0,45,0,0,33,33,25,23,34, 24,28,68,28,104,94,110,119,123,120,115,115,86,60,142,102,149,129,113,113,92,85, 252,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,508,1016,1016,1032,29975,1894,29981, 1032,29977,557,577]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0: 00:10]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 12. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 14. Be1 { [%emt 0:01:17]} Bxe1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Rfxe1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0: 01:05]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 17. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 19. b3 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 20. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 21. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 22. g5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Kg3 { [%emt 0:00:53]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:09] } 26. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 28. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rf1 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Ref8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 30. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} gxf6+ {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 31. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 34. g4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. h5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00: 35]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 37. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. h7 { [%emt 0:00:13]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 41. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. dxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Rg8 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Rxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0: 00:30]} 46. Re8 $6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (46. Kg6 e3 (46... d3 47. Kf5 e3 48. Rd8+ $18) (46... c4 47. bxc4 e3 48. Re8 Kc5 49. Kf5 Kxc4 50. Kf4 Kb4 51. Rb8 e2 ( 51... Kxa4 52. Rxb7 e2 53. Rb1 $18) 52. Rxb7+ Kc3 (52... Kxa4 53. Rb1) 53. Rb1 Kd2 (53... d3 54. Ke3 Kc2 55. Rh1) 54. Ke4 d3 55. Ra1 Kc2 56. Ke3) 47. Re8 Kd5 48. Kf5) 46... d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00] } 48. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 49. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd5 { [%emt 0:00:23]} 50. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 51. Kf5 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 52. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d1=Q 55. Rxd1 Kxd1 56. Kd5 Kc2 57. Kc4 Kb2 58. Kxc5 Kxb3 59. Kb6 Kb4 60. Kxb7 Kxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bg5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Qd7 12. a3 h6 13. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Qd8 14. Ne4 a5 {[#]} 15. Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qd6 18. Rc1 c6 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Re1 {1-0 (54) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Palac,M (2525) Tbilisi 2017}) 15... a4 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. Rfe1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxe3 c6 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Bc5 Ra8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nc5 Bc8 $1 25. Re4 $36 { White has good play.} Re8 26. Rce1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Ra5 28. h3 Kf8 29. d4 Ra8 { White should prevent ...Bf5.} 30. Re1 {[#] Hoping for Qh7.} g6 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Qf4 Nd7 (32... Nc4 $1 $14) 33. Ne4 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Ra5 $2 (33... Qe7 $16) 34. Nd6 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 35. Re8 $1 Qd7 (35... Nxe8 36. Qxf7+) 36. Rxc8 g5 37. Qd2 Ra6 38. Qb4 c5 39. dxc5 Rxd6 40. cxd6 Qxc8 41. Bxb7 Qxh3 42. Qxa4 h5 43. Qd4 Qd7 44. Bf3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Qxh4 {Threatens to win with Qg5+.} Qf5 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. a4 Qg6+ 49. Qg3 Qf5 50. b4 Nd5 51. Qg4 Qe5 52. Qc8+ Kg7 { If only Black now had time for ...Nf4+....} 53. Qg4+ Kf8 $1 54. d7 Ke7 55. Qe4 Qxe4 56. Bxe4 Nxb4 {Endgame KB-KN} 57. Bf5 Nc6 58. Kf3 Kd6 59. Kf4 (59. Ke4 $142 Nd8 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Ke5 Nb7 62. Kf6 Kd8 63. Kxf7 Nd6+ 64. Kf6) 59... f6 60. Be4 {White mates.} Nd8 61. Kf5 Kxd7 62. Kxf6 Kd6 63. a5 Ne6 64. a6 { Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 59%.} 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {Threatens to win with Nb5. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qd3 Be7 {[#]} 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Qb6 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Qe4 Qc6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (18) Rodshtein,M (2637)-Wirig,A (2510) Biel 2011}) 13... Nc6 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Nb4 16. Qe2 {[#]} d3 $1 17. Qe4 (17. Bxd3 Nxd3) 17... b5 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb7 20. Qxb5 { Strongly threatening Rd7.} Rfd8 21. b3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bg5 23. Kg2 Bd2 24. Re4 Rd5 25. Qc4 Qd7 26. Qa4 (26. Rg4 $16) 26... Qd8 (26... Qc7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Re2 $16 Rd4 28. Qa6 Qd5 (28... Rd7 $14) 29. Re4 {Black must now prevent Rxd4.} Rd8 (29... Rd3 $16) 30. Rxd4 $18 (30. Qxa7 $6 Rd3 $16) 30... Qxd4 31. Ne4 Qxe5 32. Qxa7 {Hoping for Qe7.} ({Weaker is} 32. Nxd2 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Rxd2 $11) (32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 (33. Qc8+ Kh7 $11) 33... Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Qxd2 $11) 32... Rd5 33. Qe7 ({Inferior is} 33. Nxd2 Qe2 $11) (33. Rxd2 $18 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 (34. Qa8+ Kh7 $14) 34... Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qxd2 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. a4) 33... f5 $16 34. Nxd2 (34. Ng3 $16) 34... Qe2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Ne4 Rxd1 36. Qxe6+ {[#] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQN} Kf8 37. Qxf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. a4 Qf1+ 43. Kg3 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 { The position is equal.} Rd8 11. Nc4 Qa6 {[#]} 12. Bg5 $5 $146 {New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Bxa3 Rac8 18. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Nakamura,H (2736) -Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Nce5 {next e4! is good for White.} Qa4 16. Bd2 Be4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ba5 Rd5 20. Bc3 c5 21. e3 Rdd8 22. Red1 Nbd5 23. Ba5 Rdc8 24. Rac1 b6 25. Be1 a5 26. a4 Rc7 27. Nc4 Rac8 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Nd7 32. e4 N5f6 33. Rcd1 Rb8 34. f3 Kh7 {[#]} (34... Nc5 $142) 35. g4 $1 $16 e5 36. Rd6 Nc5 37. Nxe5 Nxb3 38. h4 b5 39. g5 Nh5 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (39... Ne8 $16 40. Rd7 Rxd7 41. Nxd7 Rb7) 40. Nd7 $1 $18 Rbc8 ( 40... Ra8 $142 41. axb5 a4 42. gxh6 g6) 41. axb5 a4 42. b6 Rb7 43. Bb4 Nf4+ ( 43... Rc2+ {was necessary.} 44. Kh3 Nf4+ 45. Kg4 Ng6) 44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Kg4 Rc2 $2 {[#]} (45... h5+ 46. Kxh5 Kg8) 46. g6+ $1 {Decoy} Kxg6 (46... fxg6 47. Rxe6) 47. Nf8+ {Double Attack} Kf6 {[#]} 48. e5+ $1 {Decoy. White mates.} Kxe5 49. R6d5+ Kf6 50. Rf5# {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 63%.} 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 {[#]} 13. cxd5 $146 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6).} ({ Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. e3 Rfd8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qb2 Qe7 17. Nf4 a5 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rc2 Nd6 20. h3 Nf7 {1-0 (49) Predke,A (2626)-Ionov,S (2530) Sochi 2019}) 13... exd5 14. e3 Ne4 15. Qb2 Rae8 16. Rac1 Rf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. b4 b5 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra1 Qd6 22. Ra7 Qb8 23. Rda1 Nb6 24. Ne5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Bxe4 (26. b5 {is interesting.} cxb5 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Qxb5 Bc6 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Rc7) 26... fxe4 27. b5 Ref8 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. R1a2 Rf7 31. R7a5 Rd7 32. Rc5 Rb6 33. Kg2 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rb3 36. Rc2 Rd6 37. g4 h6 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. e4 dxe4+ 41. Ke3 Bd5 42. Kd2 Be6 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Kd2 Be6 45. Ke3 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 {[#]} 10. Re1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Ne3 h5 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 Qd4 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. Bf4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 (40) Giri,A (2763) -Grischuk,A (2777) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 10... Be6 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 Qd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd4 Bg4 $36 {Black fights for an advantage.} 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Ne4 {[#] aiming for Nxf6+.} h5 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qc2 Nac7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bd2 f5 {...Nb6 is the strong threat.} 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 a6 24. a4 f4 (24... Ne6 {with more complications.} 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Re1 Qf6) 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Re4 Nd5 30. Ne2 Rf7 31. Qc4 Qf5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qe4 g6 34. Qd4 {[#]The position is equal.} Qf6 35. Re4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 $11 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf3 37. a5 Kh6 38. Rxg4 Rxd3 39. Nc3 Nxc3 40. bxc3 Rxc3 {KR-KR } 41. Rb4 Rc5 (41... Rc1+ {feels hotter.} 42. Kg2 c5 43. Rxb7 Ra1 44. Rb6 Rxa5 45. Rc6 Ra2) 42. Rxb7 Rxa5 43. Rb6 c5 44. Rc6 Kg5 45. Kg2 Kf5 46. h4 Kg4 47. Rxg6+ Kxh4 48. Kf3 Kh5 49. Rc6 Kg5 50. Ke4 Ra4+ 51. Kd5 Rf4 52. Kxc5 Rxf2 53. Rxa6 Rf6 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 c6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Re8 {[#] The position is equal.} 18. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ne1 Qd7 19. Nd3 h5 20. b5 h4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qc2 a5 23. Rdc1 Rac8 24. Nc5 {1-0 (45) Lopez Tascon,M (2141) -Villar Ramos,E (2252) ICCF email 2008}) 18... axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb6 21. Ne1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rb1 c5 24. Nc2 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Be5 26. Qd5 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. exd4 $11 {Endgame KR-KR} Rd8 29. Rc1 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 b6 32. Rxf7 e3 33. fxe3 Rd5 34. Rb7 Rxb5 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. h4 h5 38. Kf4 Rf5+ 39. Ke4 Re5+ 40. Kf4 Rf5+ 41. Ke4 Re5+ 42. Kf4 Rf5+ {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "228"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 7. Bd3 dxc4 {7...cxd4 is a critical line.} 8. bxc4 Nc6 { The position is equal.} 9. O-O Nb4 $5 {An interesting side line.} 10. Be2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 {[#]} 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e4 exd5 20. exd5 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Arutinian,D (2527)-Melkumyan,H (2624) Yerevan 2017}) 13... Rc8 14. Re1 cxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Bd3 Bf4 17. Rc2 Ne7 18. Ne4 (18. Qa1 {feels hotter.} b5 19. c5 Bc6 20. Qd1 a5 21. Qe2) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Ng6 21. h4 Bb8 22. h5 Nf4 23. h6 $1 {aiming for hxg7.} Qf6 $1 24. g3 Qg6 25. hxg7 Rfd8 26. Re3 ({Worse is} 26. Rxf4 Bxf4 27. Qe2 Bd6 $17) 26... Qg4 27. Qf1 h5 28. Kh2 Ng6 29. Qh3 b5 30. c5 Ne7 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Nh4 Nd5 33. Re1 (33. Re4 {seems wilder. } Nf6 34. Re1 Kxg7 35. Ng2 Rh8+ 36. Kg1) 33... Bc7 34. Ng2 (34. Rce2 {is more complex.} Rb8 35. Ng2 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Ne3) 34... Kxg7 35. Ne3 Nxe3 $1 36. Rxe3 Kg6 37. Bc3 Rd5 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Rb2 a6 40. a4 Rb8 41. axb5 axb5 42. Re1 e5 43. dxe5 Rxc5 44. Re3 Kf5 45. f3 Rc4 46. Rbe2 b4 47. fxg4+ Ke6 48. Bb2 b3 49. Kf3 Bd8 50. Rd3 Be7 51. Rh2 {[#] And now Rh6+ would win.} Bf8 52. g5 Rc2 53. Rdd2 Rbc8 54. Ke4 R2c4+ 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Rhe2 Rc2 57. e6 Rxd2 58. Rxd2 fxe6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 59. Rd3 Rb8 60. Re3 Rb6 61. Re1 Kxg5 62. Ke4 (62. Bd4 $11 Rd6 63. Ke4) 62... Bd6 ({Black should play} 62... Be7 $15 63. Kd4 Rc6) 63. Bd4 Ra6 64. Kd3 Bxg3 65. Rb1 e5 {White must now prevent ...Rd6.} 66. Bc5 Rc6 67. Be3+ Kg4 68. Rxb3 Kf3 69. Bd4 Bf4 $2 (69... e4+ $11 70. Kd2+ Kg4) 70. Bxe5 Bxe5 { KRB-KR} 71. Ra3 Rc8 72. Rb3 Rd8+ 73. Kc4+ $2 (73. Kc2+ $11 Ke4 74. Rb1) 73... Ke4 74. Kb5 $2 (74. Rb4 $11) 74... Kd5 75. Rd3+ Bd4 76. Rb3 $2 (76. Rd2 $11) 76... Ra8 77. Kb4 $2 (77. Rb4 $11) 77... Rb8+ 78. Ka4 Bb6 79. Kb4 $2 (79. Rb5+ $11 Kc6 80. Rb4) 79... Kd4 80. Ka4 Kc5 81. Rc3+ Kd5 82. Rb3 Kc6 (82... Ra8+ { is more complex.}) 83. Rb1 $2 (83. Rc3+ $11 Bc5 84. Rc2) 83... Rh8 84. Kb4 $2 ( 84. Rc1+ $11 Bc5 85. Kb3) 84... Bd4 85. Kc4 $2 (85. Rc1+ $11 Kd5 86. Kb3) 85... Rh4 86. Rd1 $2 (86. Kd3 $11) 86... Be5+ 87. Kd3 $2 (87. Kb3 $11) 87... Kd5 88. Ke3+ $2 (88. Kc2+ $11 Bd4 89. Kb3) 88... Bd4+ 89. Kf3 Ke5 90. Rf1 $2 (90. Re1+ $11 Kf5 91. Rf1) 90... Re4 91. Kg3 $2 (91. Rd1 $11) 91... Re3+ 92. Kg4 $2 (92. Rf3 $11) 92... Ke4 93. Rf4+ $2 (93. Rd1 $11) 93... Kd5 94. Rf3 $2 (94. Rf5+ $11 Kc4 95. Rf1) 94... Re8 95. Kf5 $2 (95. Rf5+ $11 Ke4 96. Rf4+ Kd3 97. Rf5) 95... Rg8 96. Rf4 $2 (96. Rd3 $11) 96... Be5 97. Rf3 Bd4 98. Rf4 $2 (98. Rd3 $11) 98... Be3 (98... Rg2 {is interesting.}) 99. Rg4 $2 (99. Rf3 $11) 99... Rf8+ 100. Kg6 Bd4 101. Rh4 $2 (101. Rg5+ $11 Be5 102. Rf5) 101... Be5 102. Ra4 $2 ( 102. Rh5 $11) 102... Ke6 103. Rg4 $2 (103. Ra6+ $11 Bd6 104. Ra2) 103... Rh8 ( 103... Kd5 {with more complications.}) 104. Kg5 $2 (104. Rg5 $11) 104... Rf8 105. Kg6 Bf4 106. Kg7 $2 (106. Rh4 $11) 106... Rf7+ 107. Kg8 Be5 108. Rg6+ $1 Bf6 109. Rg3 $2 {[#]} (109. Rg2 $11) 109... Ra7 $1 {Black mates.} 110. Re3+ Be5 111. Rf3 Rg7+ 112. Kf8 Rg4 {( -> ...Bd6+)} 113. Re3 Ra4 114. Kg8 Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 98%.} 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. b3 {[#] D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be5 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Qxa3 Ne4 15. Qb2 Qg5 16. Bf3 Re8 {0-1 (32) Hayrapetyan,A (2370) -Nguyen,T (2517) Batumi 2018}) 10. Bb2 Be5 11. O-O Bxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Na4 h6 16. a3 Rac8 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. b4 Qb8 19. f3 Re7 20. Bf1 b6 21. Na6 (21. Nd3 $5 Rec7 22. Qd2 $14) 21... Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qf4 23. Qg3 $36 {White has some pressure.} Qe3+ {The position is equal.} 24. Qf2 Qb3 25. Rc3 Qd1 26. Rc1 Qb3 27. Rc3 Qd1 28. Rc1 Qb3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 { The position is equal.} g5 9. Bg3 (9. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 $11) 9... Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 {[#]} 14. Qh5 $146 (14. N2b3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. N2b3 Bb6 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Kg7 17. g4 d5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Rd1 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd5 23. Ke2 Rxf5 24. Rh2 Rf4 25. f3 f5 {0-1 (25) Svidler,P (2738)-Ivanchuk,V (2781) Sochi 2008}) 14... Bxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxh6 {[#]} Qg7 17. O-O-O Rb8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 $40 { Nf6+ would kill now. White is up to no good.} f6 20. f3 (20. Qh5 $1 $11) 20... Bf5 ({Black should play} 20... Qxh6 $15 21. Rxh6 Kg7) 21. Qxg7+ (21. g4 $11 { remains equal.} Bxe4 22. fxe4) 21... Kxg7 $17 22. Nc5 Rb5 23. Na4 Rb4 24. b3 g4 25. Rd2 Rfb8 {aiming for ...Rc4+!} 26. Nc5 $2 {[#]} (26. Rdd1 $17) 26... Rc4+ $1 {Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 73%.} 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters by chess24"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.06.19"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 {9...Na5 is more advanced technology. Played by Wesley So in May 2020.} 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. Bc6 Bf6 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 {[#]} 17. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. h3 Bc8 18. Ra7 Rb6 19. Bd5 c6 20. Bb3 Ra6 21. Rxa6 Bxa6 22. Nh2 d5 23. Qa1 {0-1 (35) Firouzja,A (2702)-Aronian,L (2758) chess.com INT 2019}) 17... Rb6 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bb3 d5 20. h3 Bc8 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Ra8 h6 24. Qa5 Be6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qa8+ Rb8 27. Qa7 Rb6 28. Ra1 g5 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 h5 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Ng1 Be5 34. Nf3 Bf6 35. Ng1 Be5 36. Ra6 g4 37. h4 Bc8 38. Ra7 Be6 39. Ne2 Kf6 40. g3 Rb6 41. Ra8 Rb8 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ke1 Kd7 44. Nf4 Bxf4 45. gxf4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Kc7 46. f5 Bxf5 47. Bxd5 Re8+ 48. Kd2 Be6 49. Bxe6 (49. Bg2 {feels hotter.} Rb8 50. Rc6+ Kd7 51. Rc5 f5 52. Bc6+) 49... fxe6 $14 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 50. Ke2 Kb7 51. Rd6 Rc8 52. Kd2 Rf8 53. Ke1 Rc8 54. Kd1 Rf8 55. Ke1 Rc8 56. Kd1 Rf8 57. Ke1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2